Steel city civic body Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) with the help of police has launched a drive penalising unauthorised vendors and shopkeepers even as the district health officials resumed Covid-19 test at Sakchi on Monday over the threat of a third wave.

A health department's team began Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for all those entering the market.

Notably, among all markets Sakchi witnesses a huge rush of shoppers. The footfall of people coming to the market has increased ever since relaxations in lockdown rules last month.

On Monday, JNAC officials went around the market penalising unauthorised vendors and even those shopkeepers found encroaching the footpath. A fine of Rs 500 was imposed on such shopkeepers.

JNAC officials impose fine at Sakchi on Monday. Bhola Prasad

Cops also deflated the bikes and other two-wheelers parked in an unauthorised manner at the market posing inconvenience for movement of people.

ADM (Law and Order) N.K. Lal said such a drive would continue in Sakchi.

"We will carry out similar drive in other markets, "he said.

The Covid-19 test was also carried out in Kadma market on Monday.

Scanning and RTPCR test of passengers arriving from different states at the Tatanagar railway station by train also resumed in Monday after a brief break.